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Taj Mahal, James Blood Ulmer, Vernon Reid, Steven Bernstein’s Millennial Territory Orchestra, Henry Butler, The Beauties and Mike Farris are among the acts scheduled to appear at the Lowdown Hudson Blues Festival. The free, three-day outdoor music festival will take place at New York’s World Financial Center Plaza from July 28-30. Hazmat Modine, Danny Kalb, Ryan Shaw and Citigrass will also perform. The festival is billed as the city’s first major all blues festival and will coincide with the centennial of Robert Johnson’s birth. More information on the festival is available here